Osten Rachel

Rachel Osten obtained her PhD in Astrophysics and Planetary Science from the University of Colorado, Boulder in 2002. Following Jansky and Hubble Fellowships, she has been an astronomer at the Space Telescope Science Institute since 2008. She is currently a Mission Scientist for the Hubble Space Telescope Mission Office. Her main scientific interests are in the manifestation of the dynamics of magnetic activity in cool stars. She utilizes a multi-wavelength observational approach which spans the electromagnetic spectrum.

This Month’s Featured Author

Dr. Brian Williams received his B.S. from Florida State University in 2004 and his Ph.D. from North Carolina State University in 2010. He was a NASA Postdoctoral Fellow at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center for three years, after which he worked as a research scientist at NASA GSFC with Universities Space Research Association. He arrived at STScI in February of 2017, and is currently a Support Scientist in the Science Mission Office. His research interests include supernovae and supernova remnants, shock physics and particle acceleration, and dust in the interstellar medium.